Terrence Jones re-adjusting to role as a backup

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The Rockets went into Game 4 on Sunday with their starters accounting for 83.8 percent of the team’s total points in this series, the largest percentage of a team’s scoring by any starting group in this year’s playoffs.

The move of Terrence Jones to come off the bench was made to put Omer Asik’s defense into the starting lineup, but the move did offer a chance for the second unit, playing limited minutes in the postseason’s first three games, to pick up its scoring.

“It’s always different coming off the bench from starting,” Jones said. “I’m just here to support my team and do whatever it takes to get a win.

“It’s a time for me to come in and try to help my team get better. It’s definitely different. I just have to get back used to it.”

Jones has been much more effective scoring as a starter than off the bench this season. In five games off the bench in the regular season, he averaged 17.2 points per 100 possessions on 36.4 percent shooting. In his 71 games as a starter, he averaged 22 points per 100 possessions on 54.5 percent shooting.

Jones, however, went 0-for-3 in 13 minutes off the bench in Game 3.

“We need everybody playing well,” coach Kevin McHale said. “Whoever plays out there has to play well and do their role. We have to find ways to put points on the board. I liked Omer and Dwight (Howard) out there together. They were solid for us.”